In the end, Birdseye had over 300 patents for creating and handling frozen food. He moved on to vegetables and other meats, then to the “ fish stick,” along the way co-founding General Foods. In Sep 1922, Clarence organized his own company, Birdseye Seafoods, Inc., New York City, where he began processing chilled fish fillets. He concluded that quickly freezing certain items kept large crystals from forming, preventing damage to their cellular structure. He learned, too, that the fish, when thawed and eaten, still had all its fresh characteristics. On Arctic trips as a field naturalist for the United States government, he noticed that freshly caught fish, when placed onto the Arctic ice and exposed to the icy wind and frigid temperatures, froze solid almost immediately. An inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, and the founder of the modern frozen food industry. How Japanese-Americans helped launch the California tuna-canning industry-and one of America’s most beloved sandwiches: “ A Second Look at the Tuna Sandwich’s All-American History.”Īs we muse on a melt, we might spare a thought for Clarence Birdseye he died on this date in 1956. That means if you're in the zone or in-store, you can always count on a Freaky Fresh sandwich made Freaky Fast. We deliver within 5 minutes of our stores and not farther to maximize freshness.
We bake our bread in-house and slice our meats, cheese and fresh veggies by hand so that we can make you the perfect Freaky Fresh sandwich. The sandwich is portable, dependable, and eminently satisfying… Specialties: Jimmy John's spend 6 hours prepping every day. Its assembly rests on three post–Industrial Revolution convenience foods: canned tuna, presliced wheat bread, and mayonnaise. While the Spanish make their tuna bocadillo with piquillo peppers and sherry vinegar and the French have their pressed pan bagnat, made with high-quality jarred tuna and an array of vegetables in a real baguette, the American version is an object of convenience and thrift. It is hard to think of a food more emblematic of America’s working-class spirit than the humble tuna sandwich.